New London Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in New London, Connecticut: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in New London: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in New London spend about 33 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 138 hours, about 5.8 full days, spent commuting. That is 25% less time on the road than the Connecticut average of 22.1 minutes each way, a difference of 5.5 minutes.

New London holds about 0.8% of Connecticut's population but accounts for roughly 0.6% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in New London would save about 55 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $1,712 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
New London	16.6 min	33.1 min	138 hrs/yr	$4,279	1,975
Connecticut	22.1 min	44.2 min	184 hrs/yr	$5,704	1,748
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

New London Commute Map

On average, it takes 16.6 minutes to get to work in New London. That's 26% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 11.6% work from home.

How People Get to Work in New London

Riding a motorcycle is essentially absent in New London, versus 0.1% in Connecticut.

Walking is unusually common in New London: 3.8 times more than the Connecticut average (8.8% vs 2.3%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in New London, versus 0.3% in Connecticut.

New London stands out for active commuting: 9.0% of workers walk or bike to work, 3.6 times the Connecticut average of 2.5%.

Commute Mode Trends in New London, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in New London get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Walked	Public Transportation	Other	Bicycle	Taxi	Motorcycle
2009	76.3%	5.5%	11.3%	4.7%	0.7%	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%
2010	67.7%	9.2%	15.0%	5.1%	1.4%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%
2011	70.0%	10.8%	10.3%	5.8%	1.4%	0.4%	0.4%	0.9%
2012	70.6%	10.0%	10.8%	5.7%	1.6%	0.1%	0.3%	0.8%
2013	71.0%	10.5%	10.8%	5.1%	1.6%	0.2%	0.0%	0.8%
2014	71.3%	9.8%	11.1%	5.4%	1.8%	0.3%	0.0%	0.2%
2015	72.2%	10.9%	12.0%	3.1%	0.9%	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%
2016	72.3%	10.6%	12.1%	2.6%	1.0%	0.6%	0.7%	0.1%
2017	73.5%	10.2%	11.7%	2.8%	0.4%	0.7%	0.6%	0.1%
2018	71.9%	10.0%	12.8%	2.8%	0.6%	0.9%	0.6%	0.4%
2019	72.9%	10.8%	11.8%	2.5%	0.3%	0.8%	0.6%	0.3%
2020	74.0%	9.0%	10.9%	4.7%	0.2%	0.8%	0.2%	0.2%
2021	69.4%	12.0%	12.5%	5.0%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.2%
2022	71.3%	12.0%	9.9%	5.0%	1.1%	0.6%	0.0%	0.1%
2023	75.4%	11.0%	7.6%	4.7%	1.0%	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%
2024	72.9%	11.6%	8.8%	4.4%	2.1%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share bottomed out in 2010 at 67.7%. Overall it fell from 76.3% in 2009 to 72.9% in 2024, down 3.4 percentage points. It has fallen in the latest release.

Working from home gained the most ground in New London: its share of workers rose from 5.5% in 2009 to 11.6% in 2024, up 6.1 percentage points.

Walking lost the most ground, falling from 11.3% to 8.8% of workers (down 2.5 percentage points).

Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Public transit peaked at 5.8% in 2011 and has since fallen back to 4.4%.

Commute Start Times in New London

What Time Do People Leave for Work in New London?

The bars show when commuters in New London leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Connecticut for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		4.6%
5:00-5:29 AM		3.8%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.5%
6:00-6:29 AM		10.0%
6:30-6:59 AM		13.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		11.0%
7:30-7:59 AM		11.0%
8:00-8:29 AM		9.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.6%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.3%
10:00-10:59 AM		3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		9.8%
4:00-11:59 PM		3.7%

New London Connecticut Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in New London is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 13.0% of commuters leave home, compared with 10.2% across Connecticut. Early starts are more common than in Connecticut: 13.9% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 10.9% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Connecticut: 44.6% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 49.6% there. About 1 in 4 commuters (25.0%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in New London, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is New London Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting New London next to Connecticut and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	New London	Connecticut	United States
2009	8:05 AM	7:45 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:54 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:53 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:55 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2013	8:02 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2014	8:03 AM	7:46 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:57 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:59 AM	7:45 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:58 AM	7:44 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:54 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:49 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:41 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:48 AM	7:44 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:42 AM	7:46 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:38 AM	7:46 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:36 AM	7:47 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in New London were on the road by 7:36 AM, 29 minutes earlier than in 2009 (8:05 AM). That goes against the trend across Connecticut, where the typical commuter now leaves 2 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in New London now leave 2 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in New London has moved 13 minutes earlier. The 2024 release is the earliest typical start for New London in the whole series.

How does New London's commute time compare?

Metric	New London	Connecticut	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	16.6 min	22.1 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	06:30 AM – 06:59 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	11.6%	16.2%	15.0%
Walked	8.8%	2.3%	2.4%
Public Transit	4.4%	3.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in New London is 16.6 minutes, shorter than the 22.1 minutes in Connecticut.

4.4% commute by public transit, higher than the 3.2% in Connecticut. 8.8% commute by walking, higher than the 2.3% in Connecticut.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in New London, Connecticut.

How much does the average commute cost workers in New London, Connecticut?

Commuters here spend an estimated 138 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $4,279 at a typical national wage. That's 25% less than the typical Connecticut commuter spends.

When is rush hour worst in New London, Connecticut?

Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in New London, Connecticut. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.